Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2018-06-13 | Frankfort | Illinois | ASI Adhesive Systems | Multiple lower extremities locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was working with a small tank of glue product and spilled glue on the lower portion of their legs and feet resulting in chemical burns. | |||||
2018-01-26 | Frankfort | Illinois | DS Services of America | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was working in a warehouse when a forklift rolled onto the employee's foot. | |||||
2017-08-30 | Frankfort | Illinois | Kohl's | Hand(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee slipped and fell on wet ceramic floor tiles that had just been mopped. She fell on her wrist and injured her hand. | |||||
2017-07-24 | Frankfort | Illinois | ITW | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was taking apart an injection molding die when the cavity block rotated and pinched the employee's finger between the block and the metal table, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
2017-05-11 | Frankfort | Illinois | Three Tree Landscapes, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level |
An employee was starting a lawn mower when he fell down and the mower ran over his right leg, lacerating it and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-05-13 | Frankfort | South Dakota | South Dakota Wheat Growers | Hip(s) | Overexertion and bodily reaction |
An employee was working on commodity parts inside a seeder tank on sloped side walls when he dislocated his hip, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-03-15 | Frankfort | Illinois | PACTIV CORPORATION | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was placing a core into the core chuck machine when the cylinder actuated while his finger was in the hazard area. His right ring finger was pinched and partially amputated. | |||||
2016-01-08 | Frankfort | Illinois | Pactiv LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was bench-testing a rebuild on a CO2 pump when it unexpectedly cycled and amputated his fingertip. | |||||
2015-03-11 | Frankfort | South Dakota | Northern Electric | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
The company had identified that an underground short was occurring on a 7,200-volt line. The company was attempting to locate the short using a DC charge unit known as a "Thumper." The Thumper would shoot a charge through the line, and the employees would use equipment to triangulate the approximate location of the short. During one of these tests, a charge was sent through the line, and an employee received a shock severe enough to require hospitalization. | |||||
2015-03-09 | Frankfort | New York | Maplehurst Bakeries LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
Employee slipped and fell in the company parking lot on her way to work and broke her leg. |